Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 206 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Past = V2): Time words: yesterday, last Sunday, two days ago, last week, in 2023. Regular verbs add -ed (cleaned, studied, jogged); irregular verbs change (went, ate, wrote, bought). The same form works for every subject. Questions and “not” use did + the base verb: Did you go? He did not go.

1. 1.You ___ Hindi in 2023. (a) will speak (b) speak (c) speaked (d) spoke
2. 2.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) won (b) winning (c) winned
3. 3.___ Nisha plant a tree last week? (a) Does (b) Did (c) Was (d) Do
4. 4.___ Vivaan bake a cake two days ago? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
5. 5.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) buying (b) bought (c) buyed
6. 6.Rahul ___ lunch last Sunday. (a) brought (b) bringed (c) will bring (d) brings
7. 7.What is the past tense of “eat”? (a) ate (b) eating (c) eated (d) eaten
8. 8.Manav did not ___ to school two days ago. (a) go (b) goes (c) went (d) going
9. 9.You ___ the match in 2023. (a) will win (b) win (c) won (d) winned
10. 10.Priya ___ the room in 2023. (a) cleans (b) cleaned (c) has cleaned (d) will clean
11. 11.___ she build a sandcastle yesterday? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
12. 12.She did not ___ for the team last Sunday. (a) claps (b) clapped (c) clapping (d) clap
13. 13.You ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) will swim (d) swim
14. 14.Vivaan did not ___ tea last week. (a) made (b) making (c) makes (d) make
15. 15.What is the past tense of “run”? (a) runned (b) run (c) running (d) ran
16. 16.We ___ a sandcastle last week. (a) built (b) will build (c) builded (d) build
17. 17.They did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sent (b) send (c) sending (d) sends
18. 18.My friends did not ___ in the pool last Sunday. (a) swims (b) swimming (c) swim (d) swam
19. 19.My sister did not ___ tea last week. (a) makes (b) made (c) making (d) make
20. 20.My parents ___ cricket yesterday. (a) play (b) will play (c) played (d) have played
21. 21.I did not ___ the bag yesterday. (a) carry (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carries
22. 22.You did not ___ the ball last Sunday. (a) catch (b) catching (c) caught (d) catches
23. 23.___ I dance on the stage two days ago? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
24. 24.___ my brother go to school last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
25. 25.You did not ___ a mango two days ago. (a) eats (b) ate (c) eating (d) eat
26. 26.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drew (c) drawed (d) drawing
27. 27.We ___ the ball two days ago. (a) throw (b) threw (c) will throw (d) throwed
28. 28.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taking (b) taked (c) took (d) taken
29. 29.Diya ___ the train last Sunday. (a) will take (b) takes (c) taked (d) took
30. 30.My brother ___ rice last Sunday. (a) will cook (b) has cooked (c) cooks (d) cooked
31. 31.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
32. 32.The children ___ Grandma last Sunday. (a) have helped (b) will help (c) helped (d) help
33. 33.What is the past tense of “wear”? (a) wearing (b) worn (c) weared (d) wore
34. 34.What is the past tense of “catch”? (a) caught (b) catched (c) catching
35. 35.Diya did not ___ a letter in 2023. (a) writes (b) write (c) wrote (d) writing
36. 36.What is the past tense of “build”? (a) built (b) building (c) builded
37. 37.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flying (b) flown (c) flyed (d) flew
38. 38.___ they sing a song in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Do (d) Did
39. 39.What is the past tense of “write”? (a) written (b) wrote (c) writed (d) writing
40. 40.What is the past tense of “tell”? (a) told (b) telled (c) telling

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